Tag: Energy
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Wave-powered desalination to be investigated in Australia
Australian cleantech developer Carnegie Corporation Ltd and the Australian government are to investigate the use of wave energy to power a desalination plant.
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California looks to make desalination easier
Six recommendations to facilitate desalination in California are contained in the draft update to the California Water Plan, which was published online at the end of January 2009.
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WRF issues two energy-related RFPs
The WateReuse Foundation announced on 27 January 2009 two new requests for proposals (RFPs) for research projects involving desalination and water reuse related to energy production and use.
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PEI gets venture capital boost
Pump Engineering Inc (PEI), US manufacturer of pumps and turbocharger energy-recovery devices for reverse-osmosis desalination, announced on 26 January 2009 that it had closed a “multi-million dollar” equity investment deal with Plymouth Venture Partners (PVP) earlier in the month.
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Sydney desalter construction reaches halfway point
Construction of Sydney’s 250,000 m³/d Kurnell seawater desalination plant is just over 50% complete, D&WR has been told by Sydney Water. The intake and outlet tunnels were completed in December 2008.
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Tender issued for Israel’s largest desalination plant
The tender has been issued for Israel’s largest ever desalination plant. The 411,000 m³/d plant will be in the Soreq region south of Tel Aviv close to the Mediterranean.
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Texas A&M researches desalination for oil production water
A membrane filtration process for treatment and desalination of wastewater created during oil and gas drilling is being researched at Texas A&M University in the USA under a recent agreement between the university and oilfield service company M-I Swaco.
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US water and wastewater may get US$ 11.8 billion boost
Water reuse measures totalling US$ 126 million to be undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation are one of a number of measures included in the US$ 825 billion economic recovery legislation proposed by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on 15 January 2009, which is also likely to benefit upcoming desalination projects.
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Chennai Petroleum commissions SWRO plant
India’s Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) commissioned its 5.8 MIGD (26,367 m³/d) seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant at Kattupalli Village, Ponneri Taluk, Tiruvallur District, on 6 January 2009.
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Forward-osmosis patent filed by QuantumSphere
Another forward-osmosis process has taken a step forward. QuantumSphere Inc filed for a US patent on 14 January 2009 for its water purification process, which, it claims, serves as a more energy-efficient alternative to desalination methods now commonly used.